New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-22

lno po oIa asssted pronpty. elijah Rosencranz
ana mis- wife who live near the scene, were espe-
cally active Mrs. ko sea trsd ' eyepv Way to-
assist the wounded. Fatier Corrigan, brother OF
the Archbishop Of this diocese, who has only been
in Hohekus a short time, came running down
tbe track and arrived liz tine to give absolutsoD TO
Stretchers were prepared quickly and the bodies
of the Ten vino were killed were carefully removed
10 the fool house. which is north OF the cut aud
almost opposite the Prospect $: alton. Here they
will remain until his afternoon when tney VII De
buried in the Cath0iic bury1ng ground OF Honokus
THE NAMES or THE DEAD MEN.
The names of the dead are: Domenco Saldorelia.
his COUSIN of the same name. Giuseppe Toro. ROM
uald0 Griniero, SosiO Pisagrete, D0menico StamDa,
Donate Domboroso Pasquaie di Blanc, Michele
FabO and one whose name could not be learned.
The six wounded men were taken TO st. JOSEPH
Hospital Paterson. The list OF them aud their IN
Suries is as follows:
Doipick scrano drtythree years; Log broken ana
bruised about the body. -, "a
Henry Lops, age thirty-two years; arm pioAo" "-
Josefia Fost. age twenty-eght years; badly injured
about the body and cut on the head LOG broken and
bruised about the body and supposed 10 DO ihio'h'
he nth man IL so badly injured that he unconscious
and unable to give MS name. His face ana head are
ghn na ana e5s md a. an MINI Internal injury but it
was NOT supposed be serious Immediately after the
,ts, viii thc rcsJ: srbseuuentiy he experienced
siderable pain aud ST. Joseph's Hospital
The names Of the men, who are known simply by
numbers TO the railroad company. were given by
j. f. March, an Italian, of No. 1lS Mulberry-st..
who hires ali the men for the company, supplies
them with PROVISIONS and keeps genera
oversight OF them while they are al work.
He went up during the forenoon and took charge
OF the money found in the clothing OF the dead
men. He seemed TO think that the bosses were 20
blame somewhat. The men. he said, complained
"a good deal of the way they were driven BY Con-
nelly. They told hin and Others that they were
kept at work on the approach OF tram until the
last minute, aud were treated harshly III other
ways.
THE SURVIVORS ENRAGED AT THE BOSSES.
At first the survivors were apparently overcome
with grief. but pretty soon they began to show
anger at Connolly and his assistants. Some of
them 1t is said, drew their knives on the BOSSES
but this is denied by one or two outsiders who
were present. At all events, Connolly, Morrlssey
and Fifzsiinfnons went away shortly afterward
Connolly went TO Paterson. where he
was seen last evening but his assistants
could not be found; ,st Connei, fws,ts-fvs
aud thirty years old. He did not seem inclined to
talk. but asserted that lie had stationed f1tzsm-
warn the men of the approaching express train,
but his cries were not heard owing to the noise OF
the freight cars; He said T. good dea, about the
thought that il was a wonder that more OF them
were not killed. He referred also TO hisoTn mar
row escape He has been a long time with the COM
pany and is we'll liked by his employers.
After he went away from the scene the rest OF
the gang we're transferred by. Mr. March Haw-
thorne but they did little work yesterday. Some
OF them wanted to go back to Italy at once. but
tie padrone persuaded them 10 change their minds
Coroner Andrew Dedrlch, OF hac ken
charge OF the corpses He swore in jury OF the
farmers III the neighborbood. The inquest will be
held tomorrow ut the sylvan Lake Hotel. In
Hohokus The Distrct-A Attorney OF Bergen County
has also been informed and 1t is thought that he
will take hand in the case yet.
H. ,cnu rfraA A n n
pc living in the neighbordood. party
OF three. consisting OF William stanley and Two
Avenue Bridge when the TWO trains passed under
It, said that the laborers appeared 10 be hard at
work putting the stone under the ties when the
locomotive struck them. Two of the laborers were
using Jack screw between the tracks and had
their backs 10 the express train. The remains of
this tool was found strewn al along the rails An
other witness was Daniel II. Clark. of Ho lokus.
who came down the track just as the mix tram
came along and be saw nearly all that happened
His story agrees with what mas already been gwen;
living NJ No. ll9 Mulberry-st., said TO TRIBUNE
reporter that he only knew positively that one OF
the ten victims MAS married. Thls was Ronneadoo
GTInero, who had been Working for the Erle road
for the last fourteen months. The padrone said
that the company had been extremely generous,
had asfoed pay and all to the sex expenses fs
the injured men IN the hospital. II am their
padrone,' he continued. land have now working
with then, no less than 1,s00 Italians and this
is our first accident of that kind. The men are
satisfied and have gone to work again, and
j don't think it would be wise TO consult
suits for damages. / will consult with them and
Pm sure they will do what Is right"
The Italian who was the worst injured died In
the hospital late last night. His name was John
Maskvit. Another will die.
OF the dead. two lived in Paterson; the rest of
the killed and injured lived in the ears and nuts at
the Gravel Pit" Italians who come to
America TO work on the railroads do not,
a ruie bring their wives and children
back or send for heir families alter they have
LAID up little money. The railroad aborers on the
Erie get 81 20 day and shelter. and they spend
an average of 81 80 a month each for food The way
they save money Is shown by the act that be.
tween 5000 and 500 was found on the remains of
the killed yesterday. MI. March took charge OF
this and will turn ii over to the Italian Consulate
in this city.
WHAT THE RAILROAD OFFICIALS SAY.
At The general Office Of the Erie Railway Com
panv in this city it said that the investigation
would undoubtedly show that proper warning sig
mails had been given, but were not heard account
of the passing OF the milk train the second track
at the same moment. The accident was said 10 be
due not to lack OF watchiulness, but 10 the singu
lar combination of circumstances. The milk train
moi only drowned In noise the warnings gwen to
the lab0rers but also prevented the engineer OF the
express train from seeing the men at work on the
track. An officer Of the road remarked:
In spite Of these crcdlo stances cannot see why the
been fairly in sight Our experience with Italian lab
approaching train and make effort to escape
they have what would be considered ample oppor
tunity by American Irish laborers In the last
six Italians have been killed the road and the inves
cation showed in every that the men cond easily
have escaped their fate 1t had not been for this
markable trait
Superintendent Barrett OF the Eastern division,
said:
facts these There thirty Italian laborers
working ia cut aoont quarter Of mile west OF Hobo
kus. They in charge OF Foremen Michael Connolly
and Thomas McAuley. and Assistant Foreman Joseph
Syst There curve az that point and the men were
working the east end of the cut IL was part OF
6ystis duly, ne being italian TO look ont for the
and them Of tae approach OF trains Just before
7:45 syst notified the that the west-bound milk
train due, and moment later tue train was heard
approaching. 1t consisted OF the locomotive nineteen
milk cars and two passenger cars The men left the
track. some of them going on the east-Dound track.
others between the eastbound track and the enbanK
ment and few stood between the two traks Just then
the Chicago express train bound md RAINING at the
rate OF thIrfy-nyc miles hour around the
and dashed INTO about fifteen Italians who standing
on tho track. Eleven of them killed and four